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SMP/E

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Support special characters [<>&"] in the password (PW) attribute of the HTTPPROXY element in the SCMPCLNT DD input stream

We are trying to use the "network delivery" function of SMP/E. At our site we need to go through a proxy server to access the Internet. The proxy server requires a "service account" userid and password to be authenticated using NTLM. However, the ...
over 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Management - Include Link to APAR info from screens that show PTF/APAR

We are looking for the Software Management plugin to add a link directly to the APAR information for screens that show PTFs/APARs so that it is faster to get that information.
about 4 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Stop failing SMP/E process if duplicate entry in SELECT or EXCLUDE

When a SMP/E user has a duplicate entry in a SELECT list or EXCLUDE list or in both, the message GIM56401S ** UI53619 HAS ALREADY BEEN SPECIFIED ON EITHER THE SELECT OR EXCLUDE OPERAND. is issued and the SMP program terminates. A much better appro...
over 5 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

During zOSMF upgrade of zOS add the ability to connect Old Usercat to New Mastercat

For as long as Serverpac has been available (and maybe even before) when doing a zOS upgrade I create a New Master catalog and connect an old User Catalog to it which contains datasets that start with SYSINST in it. SYSINST is used for Serverpac d...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

SMP/E support of additional data element MCS types incorporating expanded use of NLS localization.

Data element MCSs describe elements that are neither macros, modules, or source. Any type of data element may be installed in any target or distribution library that meets documented requirements for data set organization, LRECL, and BLKSIZE. IBM ...
about 8 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 1 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Management ability to hide Software Instances

Within z/OSMF's Software Management plugin, we need the ability to hide or separate the viewing of the different Software Instances to secure sensitive information and also ease of use.
over 4 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Future consideration

Ability to customise z/OSMF Software Management Deployments to add additional jobs

Currently the jobs generated to perform a deployment are fixed. We need to be able to customise 'Deployment' so we can add our own JCL at any stage of the deployment checklist. This is required so we can make z/OSMF deployment perform all the step...
almost 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

Migrate to z/OSMF Deployment

Today, our shop already performs a form of deployment that isn't very conducive to migrating to utilizing z/OSMF deployments. This is the current maintenance deployment process that is utilized: Maintenance Libraries (MAINT. HLQ & CSI-tlibs-dl...
about 2 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 2 Not under consideration

Inventory Export of Software Instances (Software Management) for ShopZ

Currently I have to export an inventory of SMPE/e Zone by a GIMXSID job, then download it to my workstation and then upload it into shopZ. This would be quicker if there would be a possibility to get this by html download directly from z/OSMF Soft...
over 1 year ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

z/OSMF Software Management Remote Deploy Ports Specification

We need a possibility to specify a range of TCP/IP port numbers that z/OSMF can use for remote software deployment to communicate with other systems. If there is no such possibility various ports from the ephemeral port range are used and must be ...
almost 7 years ago in z/OS / SMP/E 0 Future consideration

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